Inventors:
Brian J. Kerr - Pleasant Grove UT, US
Russell Anderson - Salt Lake City UT, US
Corey Young - South Jordan UT, US
Assignee:
Crimson Corporation - Dover DE
International Classification:
G06F 17/00
US Classification:
726 1, 726 2, 726 3, 726 4, 709227, 709229
Abstract:
Network address requests from candidate nodes are directed to a quarantined server rather than a network address server. The candidate node is admitted to a virtual network, enabling the candidate node to access only limited resources of the network and minimizing security risks to the network. The quarantined server determines whether the candidate node complies with a set of security criteria. If the candidate node conforms to the set of criteria, when a second request for a network address is sent by the candidate node, the second request is received by the quarantined server and relayed to the network address server. Thereafter, the network address server will issue a network address to the candidate node, enabling the candidate node to access at least a portion of the full resources of the network. If the candidate node does not comply with the security criteria and cannot be remediated, the network address server will not issue a network address to the candidate node.